In opening this month’s blog, I want to say that as we start the run-up to Christmas, there will be no blog next month. I therefore anticipate that the next Blog to drop into your mailboxes – assuming you have signed up to receive blogs by email, will be in January. In the meantime, if thereContinue reading “Bringing light to our Toxic culture?”
Tag Archives: LGBTQ+
Schism
I hope you enjoyed last month’s Blog where Greyson told us his story. I have long wanted to have a trans Christian tell about their true-life experience, as so much in the Christian media tends to be written from an anti-trans position. I hope that at some point I will be able to have others,Continue reading “Schism”
Does the Bible really condemn those who are LGBTQ+?
Short answer – “No”. That will make this the shortest blog ever! But we need to answer the question properly. This month I wanted to respond to two stories hitting the news pages, one on either side of the Atlantic. As I’m based in the UK I’ll deal with the UK one first. The storyContinue reading “Does the Bible really condemn those who are LGBTQ+?”
Pride 2025
For the fourth year in a row, I was attending the Pride march in Glasgow. I have talked about the experience in previous blogs released around this time of year. Saturday was mild and cloudy, but we all expected rain around lunchtime, though it was clear some were dressed clearly hoping it wouldn’t come atContinue reading “Pride 2025”
Community
We often talk, or hear others talk about “the LGBTQ+ community”. So, today I wanted to look at the idea of community. What is a community? What are its strengths and weaknesses? How does the Bible view community, and finally, getting more personal, what is my community? A community is a group of people whoContinue reading “Community”
Monitoring our changing society
I realize that most of the blogs I write are what journalists call “long form”, and many people struggle, simply saying TL:DR (Too Long: Didn’t Read). However, I take consolation that many news media take pride in their long-form and slow news pieces. Tortoise Media, the recent purchasers of The Observer are a case inContinue reading “Monitoring our changing society”
Being LGBTQ+ in a Trumpian world
I have avoided directly addressing Donald Trump’s return to the White House in previous blogs. though I have referred to it as we have discussed other issues. It is difficult to have any conversation these days that doesn’t at some point touch on the latest edicts coming from the POTUS. A couple of days agoContinue reading “Being LGBTQ+ in a Trumpian world”
MCC? Isn’t that a cricket club?
It was good to have a month off from writing, but I’m now back, pounding away on a keyboard, and I must say thank you to Don for that break! Last month he wanted to update his story first published here in September 2021. For many years the Metropolitan Community Church in Glasgow has attendedContinue reading “MCC? Isn’t that a cricket club?”
Election Selection?
As I start to write this, the UK is about to vote for a new government. We all have hopes and fears about how the next few days pan out. We want to try and get it right so that the new Government make things better in those areas of life that really concern us. Continue reading “Election Selection?”
One Hot-Button Issue and the Bible!
As an interesting follow-up to last month’s blog, Chris Goswami has just had an op-ed piece published on 21st May 2024 on Premier Christianity that echoes some of the thoughts I wrote about. Take a moment out and read what he says about Sola Scriptura – but hurry back! Did he read my blog andContinue reading “One Hot-Button Issue and the Bible!”
Changing Minds 